Interview & Group Ex Coaching
Face-to-face coaching
Searching for expert coaching to excel in your future pilot interview or group assessment?
Your Blueprint to Ace Your Pilot Interview or Group Ex
Flight School Wingman is part of Flight Deck Wingman Ltd, and since we first started out in 2016 we’ve supported more than 4,500 pilots and future pilots across both brands with their interviews and group assessments – for airlines, cadetships and flight schools worldwide. Our ‘Techniques Not Tip Offs’ approach will help you understand the way in which selection panels assess you during your cadetship, flight school or airline interview. Our coaching is led by one of the most experienced trainers and pilot recruiters in the pilot assessment preparation arena – a current airline pilot, recruiter and former military pilot – and covers all of the non-technical aspects of any interview and group assessment.
Our Coaching Includes:
- One-to-one coaching for any pilot interview or group assessment
- Delivery from a current airline pilot, recruiter and former military fast-jet pilot
- Tailored guidance and individual feedback
- Option to choose online or in person coaching, including...
- 1:1 Online Interview Coaching - interview coaching or mock interview with feedback
- 1:1 Online Group Exercise Coaching
- Airline Assessment Preparation Group Courses delivered in person
- Perfect for future pilots applying for airline cadetships, flight schools or sponsorship programs
What You Get
In Person Group Airline Assessment Preparation (Full Day)
What’s included?
- Module 1: What evidencing a competency means. This is the key to a successful assessment and forms the foundation of your days training.
- Module 2: Airline Ethos Training. Understanding an airline and its ethos is key to success. Our techniques will teach you how to transmit this at interview.
- Module 3: Interview Training. We know that you know that demonstrating core airline competencies is vital. We will train you in all of the core competencies you need to shine during your pilot interview, including easy to follow frameworks to answer those tricky pilot interview questions.
- Module 4: Group Exercise Training. Crew Resource Management and Human Factors are vital in the airline pilot world, working as a team to achieve a safe and successful outcome. We will ensure that you understand the key skills to shine during this the Group Exercise process designed to select the crucial skills required by its pilots.
- Module 5: Practical Group Exercise Assessment. Together, you and your team mates will work together to solve two very different fictitious scenarios. These group exercises are extremely representative of a real pilot selection process. Get ready for an in-depth post flight debrief from your Wingman!
- Module 6: Interview Practical. An opportunity to practise navigating those tricky pilot interview questions! Flight Deck Wingman will provide you with invaluable feedback and support, plus you’ll have the chance to watch the other course members deliver their answers – a real benefit to all on the course!
- Module 7: Post Flight Debrief. Your Wingman will be by your side to talk everything airline and answer any other questions you you might have about life in the airline world.
- Pilot Aptitude Testing. We’ve teamed up with SurePilot to provide you with some aptitude testing practice. You’ll be provided with full details of how to access this aptitude testing with your course.
- Free eBook. All clients that choose to book onto our Airline Assessment Preparation Group Course will receive a free copy of our eBook. It’s packed full of training techniques and practical examples that will form an essential part of your training with us and doubles as an essential refresher ahead of any selection process.¹
¹£PRICE of eBook non-refundable if you subsequently cancel or curtail your training.
How it works
Book your course at the link above and we’ll be in touch as soon as the course receives the minimum course booking numbers. We’ll refund you if the course doesn’t reach the minimum numbers by the scheduled course date.
Re-observe for Free!
We know how much you’ll want to feel ready for your assessment – and we don’t want you worrying about forgetting the ‘Techniques Not Tip Offs’ you’ll learn on your course. That’s why, once you’ve attended a paid Assessment Preparation Group Course, we give you the opportunity to come back and re-observe a future course of the same type, completely free of charge.
It’s our way of helping you keep everything fresh. Places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability, and each client is entitled to one free re-observation place. Full details are set out in our Terms & Conditions.
Pre-course preparation
To ensure you get the most out of your training day, we’ll be sending you some pre-course learning material. This isn’t designed to be onerous, but to ensure that you and your course colleagues get the most out of the day. Please be sure to complete this preparation which will take approximately 1-2 hours depending on your experience level. We’ll be in touch closer to your course date with more information.
Training locations and dates
You can find all available dates and locations for courses at the bottom of the page when you go to book your place. If no dates are showing, then more dates will be added soon – please check back regularly or follow our WhatsApp Broadcast Channel to be notified first of new course dates. Our courses are usually run in Farnham, Surrey.
Booking Terms and Conditions ¹
Before booking, please note our cancellation policy below. This is a summary extract from our full Terms and Conditions, which apply to all bookings.
A course date is confirmed once three participants have booked onto that specific date. We will email you to notify you when your course is confirmed. Until that confirmation email is sent, you are entitled to a full refund on request.
After confirmation, cancellations made more than 10 days before the course start date will receive a 50% refund; cancellations made 10 days or fewer before the course start date are non-refundable. Timing is calculated from the date we receive your written cancellation request to the scheduled course start date.
Cancellation or failure to attend, for any reason, does not entitle you to reschedule or transfer your booking to a later course date. The refund terms above are your only entitlement in these circumstances.
If a course date does not reach the minimum of three participants, we will contact you to offer either a transfer to an alternative course date or a full refund.
¹ Current serving military personnel will be offered a full refund at any stage due to service reasons. Evidence to support cancellation will be required.
Online Interview Coaching One-to-One (3 hours)
Who’s it for?
If you have an upcoming interview, or want techniques that work across every question category, we recommend our interview training – suitable for any airline, cadetship, flight school or sponsorship process.
Whats included?
- 3 hours of interactive training, questioning and feedback, face-to-face online with your Wingman.
- Training in integrating your chosen Airline or Flight Schools’s ethos into your answers – crucial to evidencing your “fit” for that company.
- Training in evidencing competencies – crucial to a successful interview performance.
- Training in reliable and easy to use frameworks to answer any question category.
- Don’t worry if you don’t have a specific company that you are applying to, simply choose one. We will deliver our “Techniques Not Tip Offs” based training to enable you to be successful with any airline interview!
- Receive a free copy of our Interview & Group Exercise e-Book when you purchase this service!¹
¹£PRICE of eBook non-refundable if you subsequently cancel or curtail your training.
How it works
- Book your service from the link below.
- Meet us online at your booked time – we’ll send you details on how to join your Wingman – please check your email.
- We get started! Your Wingman will be making use of ‘screen sharing’ and work closely with you to develop your pilot assessment skills.
- Watch out for your booking confirmation and reminder emails which contain some important information – please check your junk mail too.
Online Mock Interview inc. Pilot Aptitude Testing + Feedback (1+ hours)
For future pilots that would like to be put under interview conditions to assess their readiness for an interview process, or to check their suitability and readiness for their chosen career.
What’s included?
- Pilot aptitude testing + full airline style interview face-to-face via video call with written or verbal feedback (choose your preferred option at checkout).
- A chance to have your questions answered.
Choose from written or verbal feedback
- Written Feedback Option. You have the option to receive a detailed written report which is scored according to how well you evidenced the competencies assessed during your pilot interview. The scores are accompanied by a detailed written explanation for the score given. Overall areas of strength as well as areas for development will also be highlighted. A verbal debrief can be purchased for an additional cost.
- Verbal Feedback Option. Alternatively you can opt for immediate verbal feedback following your interview.
How it works
- Book your service from the link below.
- Complete your aptitude testing (you will be provided with information on how to do this in your booking confirmation email).
- Meet us on online at your booked time – we’ll send you details on how to join your Wingman – please check your email.
- We get started! Your Wingman will be making use of ‘screen sharing’ and work closely with you to develop your pilot assessment skills.
- Watch out for your booking confirmation and reminder emails which contain some important information – please check your junk mail!
Online Group Exercise Coaching One-to-One (2 hours)
Who’s it for?
If you’re looking to prepare for an Airline or Flight School group exercise and can’t attend one of our Assessment Preparation Group Courses, then we can help train you in all of the key skills that will help you to shine during any group exercise!
What’s included?
- 2 hours of online face-to-face training with your Wingman. All of the key skills required to shine during a Group Exercise.
- Frameworks with which to solve the Group Exercise problem.
- Watching out for common “tricks” used by recruitment teams during a pilot group exercise process.
- Managing difficult candidates during the Group Exercise.
- A practical ‘role play’ exercise mimicking a real group exercise.
- Receive a free copy of our Interview & Group Exercise e-Book when you purchase this service!¹
How it works
- Book your service from the link above.
- Meet us on online at your booked time – we’ll send you details on how to join your Wingman – please check your email.
- We get started! Your Wingman will be making use of ‘screen sharing’ and work closely with you to develop your pilot assessment skills.
- Watch out for your booking confirmation and reminder emails which contain some important information – please check your junk mail!
¹£PRICE of eBook non-refundable if you subsequently cancel or curtail your training.
Our Success Stories
Online Interview Coaching
- OPTION 1 - INTERVIEW COACHING (3 hours) + FREE eBook
- OPTION 2 - MOCK INTERVEW (1 hour) plus detailed written or verbal feedback
- Tailored guidance and feedback from a pilot recruiter
- Conducted face-to-face via online video call
Group Courses
- Full day of interview & group ex training plus practical assessment
- Extensive debriefs and tailored individual feedback
- Free re-observation to refresh your knowledge
- Free preparation eBook and extensive training material
- Free pilot aptitude testing
Online Group Ex Coaching
- 2 hours of Group Exercise Training
- Learn how you're assessed and common mistakes
- Tailored guidance and feedback from a pilot recruiter
- Conducted face-to-face via online video call
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do airlines and flight schools use group exercises?
Because being a pilot is a team job, and selection panels want to see how you work with others long before you reach the flight deck. A group exercise reveals how you communicate, listen, collaborate and contribute under pressure – things an interview alone can’t show. It’s one of the most telling parts of selection, which is why cadetships and flight schools use it, and why it pays to prepare for it properly.
How do I prepare for a group exercise?
You can’t know in advance exactly what a group exercise will involve, so the best preparation is understanding the process rather than rehearsing anything. That means learning how these exercises work, what selection panels are looking for, and how to evidence competencies throughout whatever the task involves. Our coaching gives you clear, repeatable techniques for exactly that, so you go in confident about how to take part effectively and stand out for the right reasons.
What's the biggest mistake people make in a group exercise?
One of the biggest mistakes we see people make is trying to dominate. Many candidates assume they need to take charge and talk the most to stand out – but that often counts against them. Assessors want to see collaboration, not control: listening, including quieter members, and helping the group succeed together score far higher than talking over everyone. Equally, saying too little can mean you’re not seen at all. Our coaching helps you find that balance, so you contribute meaningfully without overpowering the group.
Why should I choose Flight School Wingman for group exercise coaching?
Because our coaching is genuinely human-led and grounded in real selection experience. Every coaching session is one-to-one with an experienced commercial pilot and recruiter who’s been through selection and understands what panels are looking for – never AI, never generic content. Rather than tips or tricks, you’ll learn transferable techniques through our ‘Techniques Not Tip Offs’ approach that work for any group exercise, whether it’s a cadetship, flight school or sponsorship assessment.
What if I find group exercises really daunting?
That’s completely normal – for many people it’s the most unfamiliar part of the whole process. The antidote is understanding: once you know how these exercises work and what’s being assessed, most of the anxiety falls away, because you’re no longer walking into the unknown. Our coaching is designed to build exactly that confidence, so instead of dreading the group exercise, you know how to approach it.